Archive for April, 2008

Resources

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

According to the Cost of War counter, we are currently spending $3,951 per second to… uh… wait, what are we doing in Iraq this week? Oh, yeah. JACK SHIT, that’s what.
Check my math if you like. The site lists a figure of $341.4 million per day. There are (24 hrs/day * [...]

Things I Didn’t Expect To Hear On NPR

Monday, April 14th, 2008

“Coming up on All Things Considered, a review of the new Nine Inch Nails album.”

Kermit!

Monday, April 14th, 2008

I did indeed scan the ultrasound pics, but I totally spaced on blogging them. For those of you who haven’t already seen them, here they are.

Mac Productivity Tool: OmniFocus2IMAP

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

So GTD is pretty nifty, and OmniFocus is a really nice tool for doing GTD. I bought it while it was still in beta, and like it muchly… but I haven’t really been using it.
One of the basic problems I’ve had is that the best time for me to Get Things Done is [...]

A Conversation I Had With The Fred Meyer Customer Service Guy While Returning The Emerson Research iTone iC200

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Me: I’d like to return this, please. [I hand over the box and the receipt.]
Fred Meyer Customer Service Unit: Is there anything wrong with it?
Me: Well, that depends on your perspective.
FMCSG: [He looks up from his cursory inspection of the box to make eye contact.]
Me: As a stereo, it’s great. However, I have [...]